The women’s Fall ’15 season is upon us. We’ve discussed the game of designer musical chairs, shopped Spring runway trends, dissected the questions on fashionable minds, and hopefully sipped enough green juice to prevent the inevitable onset of “fashion week flu.”
As the industry turns its attention toward the first stop in the monthlong show schedule (New York), we’ve taken the opportunity to speak with some of the world’s top buyers to discover what they’re excited to see this season. After all, they’re the real power players when it comes to the must-have coat you’ll be salivating over in stores come August.
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Photo: Courtesy of Claire Distenfeld
Claire Distenfeld
Owner and buyer, Fivestory, New York
"I
m always excited for Dries Van Noten. His runways are so effortlessly put-together, and his models are always curated in a way that makes you say to yourself:
How the hell am I going to pull that off? But I want to so bad.
He
s always an inspiration, not on what to wear that season but how to wear it.
"I
m also really looking forward to designers like Raf Simons and J.W. Anderson continuing to use turtlenecks as undergarments or accessories, or even ironically as moments for sparkle and dazzle. And in new trends: Big buttons and big belts are also something I
m looking forward to seeing for Fall!"